I mostly have Sandisk Sansa players. I get cheap, small-capacity players and put different music mixes on them fornuse in my massage business. Sandisk players work really well for that. My wife has a Zune and likes it.

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"They tap dance not, neither do they fart." --Greensleeves, on the Fig Men of the Imagination, in "Twice Upon a Time."

I usually go for the off brands. Creative Zen was always great. Right now I use a Sony Walkman that's actually really damn good. The only thing I don't like about it is that you cannot create a playlist (at least that I know of) using the device itself. I think you have to load your own playlists on there. Lame.

I don't like the iPod interface, so I'd say Zune. The flash based Zune is cheaper than the flash-based iPod, and the hard-drive based players on the Zune have quite a bit bigger screens than the equivalent iPod. If you really like the iPod interface though, it might be a better pick.